Philadelphia Doctor Charged In Scheme To Defraud Social Security
PHILADELPHIA – An indictment was unsealed today charging Dr. Frederick Douglas Burton, 67, of Conshohocken, PA, with two counts of...
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National Urban League Launches Equity and Excellence Education Campaign for Black History Month
Times Square Electronic Billboard Highlights National Public Awareness Effort NEW YORK - In conjunction with Black History Month, the...
Munger to Discuss Growing Cost of Budget Impasse at News Conference Today
Comptroller to outline spending, deficit projections for year CHICAGO, IL - Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger will hold a Chicago...
Pastor Hunter to U.N.: “More Blacks in Slavery Today Thanks to 13th Amendment”
Urges U.N. to fight for clause that retains slavery in U.S. By Chinta Strausberg Rev. Marvin G. Hunter, pastor of...
Metro Area Unemployment Rates Continue Rising; Job Growth Remains Slow
CHICAGO, IL –Illinois jobs decreased in six metropolitan areas and unemployment rates increased in eleven regions, according to data released...
Suburban Substitute Teacher Charged With Abusing 10-Year-Old Student
A 56-year-old man who was working as a substitute teacher at a west suburban elementary school has been charged with...
ReMARCs: What is the American Record Without Black History? Ushering in a Valuable Month
Racial Incidents Highlight Need for Black History Education By Marc H. Morial President & CEO, National Urban League ...
Chicago can Save Millions for Taxpayers, Interrupt Police Code of Silence, and Reduce Violent Crime says University of California Irvine Law Review; Law Students Mobilize to Volunteer, Need CPD Cooperation
Using U.S. Census Bureau data, new report finds over $43 million will be saved annually with access to legal aid...
Half-Million-Dollar Bond Set for High School Dance Teacher Charged With Abusing Students
A dance teacher and dance team coach at a North Side Chicago high school is facing multiple felony sex abuse...
Supreme Court Makes Retroactive Ban on Mandatory Life Without Parole for Juveniles
From: Marc Mauer The Sentencing Project The U.S. Supreme Court has given hope to potentially thousands of inmates sentenced as...
